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How being beautiful influences your attitudes toward sex

  • Written by Robert Urbatsch, Associate Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
Beauty can mean more opportunities – but can it also influence values?Nataliass/Shutterstock.com

People tend to feel strongly about matters of sexual morality, such as premarital sex or gay marriage.

Some sources of these differences are obvious. Religion, media portrayals and parents and peers are big social forces that shape attitudes about...

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